Science Flashcards
Environment
All living and non living things around an organism
Adaptation
Is a structure of behavior that allows a species to survive
Species
All members of a population
Community
Organisms that live together in an ecosystem
Biotic
Living things
Abiotic
Nonliving
Niche
Is a role in each species plays in its community
Ecosystem
An area in which living and non living things interact.
population
Different kinds of organisms
Habitat
Is a place where an organism lives
Biome
A large community of plants and animals that lives in a region.
Taiga
The swampy forest of high northern latitudes.
Deciduous Forest
A forest of trees that seasonally shed their leaves.
Rainforest
A tropical forest of tall broad leaved trees in an area of high rainfall.
Grasslands
Land with grass growing on it.
Desert
An area where few forms of life exist because of the lack of water.
Tundra
A treeless plain or the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Food chain
The process by which a food is grown,sold and eaten
Food web
What eats what in a ecological community